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complex of building, helping, developing projects that's going on that really are designed to be one big branch stray teemingic thing wherever you look in the middle east, and that is to shore up the strength, the responsiveness of the state wherever they look, whether with iraq or iraq today or afghanistan to prevent pakistan from continuing to sell the idea of a two-state solution for israel and palestine are all within the concept of the international space system. that is, we don't have strong systems and things are going in the wrong direction. >> host: what i see on the ground when i travel often to afghanistan is to be honest with all the power of the u.s. military, we have an up credibly well-led military, but in the end that's not enough to substitute for the poor government there is and the institutions provide, and it's like, you know, we're pushing this rock uphill and we just never quite get there. i'm sure you wouldn't disagree and it's hard to find anybody to defend president karzai's government. >> guest: that's true too. it brings us back to democratization and that proc
complex of building, helping, developing projects that's going on that really are designed to be one big branch stray teemingic thing wherever you look in the middle east, and that is to shore up the strength, the responsiveness of the state wherever they look, whether with iraq or iraq today or afghanistan to prevent pakistan from continuing to sell the idea of a two-state solution for israel and palestine are all within the concept of the international space system. that is, we don't have...
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but of course in the conflict of building, helping, developing projects going on designed to do one big strategic thing wherever you look in the middle east and that is to shore up the strength and responsiveness of the state's wherever we look whether it's iraq or afghanistan to prevent pakistan from continuing to fail, the idea of the two-stage solution for israel and palestine or all within the concept of the system and if we don't have strong response things are going in the wrong direction. >> host: what i see on the ground and a travel to afghanistan is to be honest with all the power of the u.s. military you have an incredibly confident will lead military. in the and that's not enough to substitute for the government's of the afghan states and institutions provide and and pushing we just never quite get there. it's hard to find anybody -- >> guest: that's true, too. this brings us back to something like democratization and the culture in their view is going to be something where the people will have a way if you change those that are going to run their government. this is somethi
but of course in the conflict of building, helping, developing projects going on designed to do one big strategic thing wherever you look in the middle east and that is to shore up the strength and responsiveness of the state's wherever we look whether it's iraq or afghanistan to prevent pakistan from continuing to fail, the idea of the two-stage solution for israel and palestine or all within the concept of the system and if we don't have strong response things are going in the wrong...
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the middle of a huge complex, building, helping, developing projects that really is designed to one big grand strategic thing. were every look in the middle east, and that is to shore up the strength, the responsiveness of the state. wherever we are looking whether it is with iraq or iran today, or afghanistan, to prevent pakistan from continuing to fail. the idea of a two-state solution for israel and palestine, and they are all within the concept of this international state. that is, we don't have strong response of state. things are going in the wrong direction. >> host: what i see on the ground, and i travel often to afghanistan, is to be honest, with all the power of the u.s. military, we have an incredibly confident and well led military. in the and that's not enough to substitute for the governance that the afghans and institutions provide. and so it's like, you know, pushing a rock up a hill. we just never quite get there. i'm sure you wouldn't disagree. it's hard to find anybody, -- >> guest: that is true. but good governance brings us back to something like democratization. so
the middle of a huge complex, building, helping, developing projects that really is designed to one big grand strategic thing. were every look in the middle east, and that is to shore up the strength, the responsiveness of the state. wherever we are looking whether it is with iraq or iran today, or afghanistan, to prevent pakistan from continuing to fail. the idea of a two-state solution for israel and palestine, and they are all within the concept of this international state. that is, we don't...
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that's how incumbents lose big it is because they are challenged from within. that's the jimmy carter was challenged by ted kennedy. lyndon johnson was challenged in be. the easiest way to lose an incumbent president is to have to fight to battles at once. as much as i come even if i find america's ago with obama, if i thought he was terrible i still wouldn't be against challenging him. i would be building for 2016. >> with that one why don't we opened up to questions from the audience. you can ask about the presidency. you can ask about eric's dietary restrictions. [laughter] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> i can do that. i can be part of it. israel and american jews i want my big issues like pay a lot of attention to it. obama blue in the middle east. there's a very long question. how would one possess obama's dealings with netanyahu and what can we expect from hamas agreement, is that basically it? and egypt. i don't know about egypt. he blew it with regard to the middle east because he started out as he's done altogether too often for many of our cas
that's how incumbents lose big it is because they are challenged from within. that's the jimmy carter was challenged by ted kennedy. lyndon johnson was challenged in be. the easiest way to lose an incumbent president is to have to fight to battles at once. as much as i come even if i find america's ago with obama, if i thought he was terrible i still wouldn't be against challenging him. i would be building for 2016. >> with that one why don't we opened up to questions from the audience....
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that's a lot of big complicated ideas there but maybe you could unpack that for us 'cause i found that really at the heart of the arguments you're making here. >> this book and some of the others here but the aallowi is perhaps the most comprehensive of intellectuals of the muslim world for taking on this very, very seriously. and they have to have a great deal of respect because they are turning away from it. they are not giving us the easy answers. they are not putting any veils over things. and it really does come down to -- the only way i see it, it's very hard to see true muslims being able to do this. but there are some ideas here that are coming to the floor and i treat these as well that shows some indications that there is in islam, in even traditional islam, there are plenty of places to go in the theology of it where if you want to do it, you can find that -- what you want to do in terms of moving toward a more procedural more modern way can be done -- >> host: it does shrink the role and claims of its vis-a-vis safe. >> guest: the one thing that i think is the key to this a
that's a lot of big complicated ideas there but maybe you could unpack that for us 'cause i found that really at the heart of the arguments you're making here. >> this book and some of the others here but the aallowi is perhaps the most comprehensive of intellectuals of the muslim world for taking on this very, very seriously. and they have to have a great deal of respect because they are turning away from it. they are not giving us the easy answers. they are not putting any veils over...
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they got a big sandwich of nothing. they won't be there at all, and the second thing is i have a theory that's unprovable that the night obama won the election in 2008 is the night he appears with rick warren. he said i don't agree with what he all says, but he's already. if you look at the numbers in 2008, the republicans stayed home more than the democrats turned out because they didn't think testifies the anti-christ, but now they think he is, and so they'll turn out again. it's not clear that obama's face is going to turn out, and it's going to be a tough election which is why it's all the more crazy that people like nader are still getting somebody to challenge him either as an independent or within the democratic party. that's how incumbents lose because they are challenged from within. carter was challenged by kennedy. johnson challenged and beaten. the easiest way to lose a presidency is to have to fight two battles at once. as much as i -- even if i disagree with obama and thought hefsz terrible, i would be as
they got a big sandwich of nothing. they won't be there at all, and the second thing is i have a theory that's unprovable that the night obama won the election in 2008 is the night he appears with rick warren. he said i don't agree with what he all says, but he's already. if you look at the numbers in 2008, the republicans stayed home more than the democrats turned out because they didn't think testifies the anti-christ, but now they think he is, and so they'll turn out again. it's not clear...
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so what is the big entity that we are part of? outfit their information since dems organized manner so what is the information system at work here? it is dna, a digital information system, which obviously has created in our bodies, but even more it has created that entity that we see today. 4.5 billion years old. it has created this extraordinary agency. they could concentrate briefly because they tell a tale of germanic mummification by life itself by dna. the first is the craft with the oceanic craftier. the burial states. these are made by the way. of rocks that scientists have recently come up with the rather intriguing notion that the continents would not exist without life and that's because we can calculate the energy budget of the early earth, the primitive earth. we can work out rights of the russian that are required to create the continents and the figures just don't add up. there is an energy deficit. we're succumbing to create the erosion of oceanic rocks they made the continents being formed. it's been argued that hi
so what is the big entity that we are part of? outfit their information since dems organized manner so what is the information system at work here? it is dna, a digital information system, which obviously has created in our bodies, but even more it has created that entity that we see today. 4.5 billion years old. it has created this extraordinary agency. they could concentrate briefly because they tell a tale of germanic mummification by life itself by dna. the first is the craft with the...
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industry which i didn't realize was having such a difficult time, but they're getting killed by the big warehouses that are selling to the folks who like to buy car parts. and, but this isn't just a main street versus internet because all these internet companies are on main street somewhere. and what happens when we get to the point where everybody's internet? aren't we all still just main street? and aren't we then in the same exact position as we are today where the internet, main street retailer in downtown sioux falls, south dakota, is competing with the internet mainstream retailer in utah without that price differential, and, you know, they're butting heads against each other trying to steal reach other's -- each other's local customers. in our view this is a retailing versus retailing, and at some point in this process we all have to compete with each other without the government giving one a competitive advantage over another. >> host: mr. peterson, you said earlier that you saw state sales tax going away. could you expand on that a little bit? >> guest: there is considerable c
industry which i didn't realize was having such a difficult time, but they're getting killed by the big warehouses that are selling to the folks who like to buy car parts. and, but this isn't just a main street versus internet because all these internet companies are on main street somewhere. and what happens when we get to the point where everybody's internet? aren't we all still just main street? and aren't we then in the same exact position as we are today where the internet, main street...
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[laughter] >> and i'll stop there because that was my big step. on being able to stand in front of a group dripping wet, no makeup and what makeup was there was sliding down my face and pulling it doting. and having the electricity go out this morning at 2:00 it's nothing compared to what i've been through in the past. [laughter] >> as miss oklahoma, suddenly you're thrust into the spotlight not only as a representative of the state but as we all know a lot of times with native people, once we're put in the spotlight we're suddenly asked to represent all native people. how did you balance that? i mean, how did you become an advocate for native people but without, you know, taking on that representative of the whole? >> well, i think mainly because i probably never felt really normal. and so i never -- well, really, if you read the book and see how i grew up, it's hard to think of myself being normal. so it's really -- i can't speak for other people because i'm not normal. so i only speak for myself. [laughter] >> but i did -- there were a lot of p
[laughter] >> and i'll stop there because that was my big step. on being able to stand in front of a group dripping wet, no makeup and what makeup was there was sliding down my face and pulling it doting. and having the electricity go out this morning at 2:00 it's nothing compared to what i've been through in the past. [laughter] >> as miss oklahoma, suddenly you're thrust into the spotlight not only as a representative of the state but as we all know a lot of times with native...
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>> well, i think the, of course, the big case in the 20th century was brown v. board of education, you know, where the supreme court struck down the separate but equal clause, you know? and the dred scott decision, you know, which had in 1896 had laid out the legal basis for racial discrimination and racial segregation in america. the separate but equal doctrine in which all walks of our american life was racially segregated, you know, based on the notion that the legal fiction that blacks are inferior and that they're separate -- their separate treatment by the law, you know, doesn't really stamp a badge of inferiority on them. that was discarded, that skeletal rell of our society -- principle of our society upon which our entire economy was based; our housing, our mix education was discarded by the supreme court in 1955 by the brown case. and it changed the face of america, and it paved the way for the election of our, you know, first black president, president obama. and we have similar kinds of cases that plague native america, the johnson very mcintosh spri
>> well, i think the, of course, the big case in the 20th century was brown v. board of education, you know, where the supreme court struck down the separate but equal clause, you know? and the dred scott decision, you know, which had in 1896 had laid out the legal basis for racial discrimination and racial segregation in america. the separate but equal doctrine in which all walks of our american life was racially segregated, you know, based on the notion that the legal fiction that...
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and although i've seen her once before, the big time i saw her was when i had the first tech writing accident in the my back and was unconscious for a while. as a kid, for chile part of overcoming out with not believing the doctors and a side you should be glad you can walk. you are lucky you weren't dead. oh yeah, sure, but i wanted to do more. we kept going. finally had to go to the chiropractor to find somebody that said maybe exercise is okay. maybe you can try jogging. yeah, maybe you could use that to strength in your back. i latched onto god and that is when i got into dance team chemistry living in the which an escape --a physical escape. i felt great. i got my body back. and then just as you start to feel good, life has a tendency sometimes to thought you back down. it is happening to me. i had some fun times, cheerleading, i'm sure there's not a lot of people out there i would even admit that they were trying to clean if they [laughter] while to us. and you know what, i would have rather two minute track here. i thought a tractor queen is good. i'm queen of the track truce.
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i think some might call it a big deal. you know, in the u.s. senate, this is a big deal. we're in the big place. this is where big deals happen. this is where it all happens to happen. because we drive the economy in the sense of our certainty and our policies. if we can't have a strong deficit-reduction budget, we're not going to create the certainty that the business community needs to invest, which will in turn employ more people and create a better dmi forous here and obviously will have an impact around the world. mr. president, i just want to say thank you for this opportunity to say a goo -- to say a few words, again commending the chairman for all his hard work. i will on this comments. the stroir i told you about the branders and the headline i had to have, that was in my first six months of office when i was mayor. two and a half years later i won reelection with within of the largest margins in the city's history. so i would say this to anybody who's trying figure out are they going to win their primary, win their general election, put that all aside. that's wh
i think some might call it a big deal. you know, in the u.s. senate, this is a big deal. we're in the big place. this is where big deals happen. this is where it all happens to happen. because we drive the economy in the sense of our certainty and our policies. if we can't have a strong deficit-reduction budget, we're not going to create the certainty that the business community needs to invest, which will in turn employ more people and create a better dmi forous here and obviously will have an...
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as i walked down the hall, all the pictures of all the former presidents with a very large, big smile with who? mubarak. they're all in. they just put out a new book, the 'em was si put out a -- embassy put out a new book. president obama's on the cover, and it shows all the previous people, republican and democrat, who have been with this administration. so a lot of the fault lies here, and we'll see what the spine is with this congress when these issues are offered because i think there's a lot of blame right here in river city by republicans and democrats. the coptic christians and, frankly, i don't want to see the coptic christians leave egypt. egypt and the middle east without christians will not be the middle east. and for too long people up here and in the previous administration have been reluctant to advocate for people who are being persecuted because they're christians whether it be in afghanistan, pakistan or egypt. and the two questions that i have, how many connections have there been -- convictions have there been over the last several years, do you have any -- and how
as i walked down the hall, all the pictures of all the former presidents with a very large, big smile with who? mubarak. they're all in. they just put out a new book, the 'em was si put out a -- embassy put out a new book. president obama's on the cover, and it shows all the previous people, republican and democrat, who have been with this administration. so a lot of the fault lies here, and we'll see what the spine is with this congress when these issues are offered because i think there's a...
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>> guest: this is the big shift. google, one engineer told me they collect 57 different variables about people who even if you're not logged in, if you take a new laptop and put it on the desk right here, you can tell what kind of laptop is it, what kind of software is it running, what is the size of the fonts on this laptop, where is it located? what's the ip address? how long are you lingering before you click on a link? and all of these things can be used to make some guesses about what kind of person you are. there's mac and pc people, big font and small font people. all of this, then, allows you to make these guesses. they may not be, i mean, this may not be a very good portrait of you. it almost certainly isn't at that point. but you don't need that much in order to be able to do this with an increase in on the many iization. and -- opt myization. i talked to the people at hunch, and, you know, they said actually you need very little data in order to start to have a lot of predictive power. so five data points,
>> guest: this is the big shift. google, one engineer told me they collect 57 different variables about people who even if you're not logged in, if you take a new laptop and put it on the desk right here, you can tell what kind of laptop is it, what kind of software is it running, what is the size of the fonts on this laptop, where is it located? what's the ip address? how long are you lingering before you click on a link? and all of these things can be used to make some guesses about...
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you are, basically, you are seeping the big picture -- seeing the big picture of what's going on. that's unusual. you said we'll use it more in the future, but you were on the cutting edge of doing that. and you were also, you department know, did you, you didn't know whether you were actually going to get to see, going to participate. you had trained for this, you're there, you're move ago group that does this, but there's this whole thing about what do we do, we have women in our unit? talk a little bit about that because it's sort of a theme going through the book. >> guest: yeah, you know, okay. well, first of all, i joined the marine corpses during peacetime, so there was certainly understanding that i would never really go to combat according to what i had heard from the recruiters and other people that, oh, yeah, you're going to say the oath, but, you know, in all honesty you're going to be in some support unit. but when i said the oath, i really took that seriously, and i thought, well, you know, if i have to go to combat, i said the oath, and i'm going to do my duty and d
you are, basically, you are seeping the big picture -- seeing the big picture of what's going on. that's unusual. you said we'll use it more in the future, but you were on the cutting edge of doing that. and you were also, you department know, did you, you didn't know whether you were actually going to get to see, going to participate. you had trained for this, you're there, you're move ago group that does this, but there's this whole thing about what do we do, we have women in our unit? talk a...
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you could be a big brother or big sister. there's just a million things he could do that you don't have to have any money. all you have to have his time in months. >> what e.g. do about the iphone in between? >> about that who? >> the iphone in between. >> all this technology with the young and our text messaging have been split off from the older generations more than ever before. >> well, it's going to take a generation for that to adjust. let's hope that more information will lead to better information and will be better off for it then worse off. i hope that the case for cnn. we've been going through one technological revolution for the last 50 years. i mean, you go back we were born, just seven years ago, they didn't have television. they didn't have nuclear power and nuclear weapons. they didn't have computers. i mean, we had typewriters and carbon paper. we were let me to have a phone or electricity. some people in america didn't have electricity. so you know, we made tremendous progress. we really have technologically
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you see the big picture. we use it more in the future but you are on the cutting edge of doing that. also, you did not know if you were going to see your purchase paper you trained for this sander there, but fell whole thing what do we do with the women in our unit? >> talk about that. it is the theme going through the book. >> guest: i joined the marine corps during peacetime to the understanding i would never really go to combat from the recruiters you will take the oath that honestly you will be sent to the work unit. >> but i took that seriously thinking if i do have to go to combat, i will do my duty. so in november 20,002,000,000 it started to come up with the idea we would go to iraq. my commanding officer pulls the two female officers and says look, by order of congress you are not allowed to go with us to combat because we will push ahead of the infantry and doing untraditional operations putting us ahead of a ground forces. i will fight to get you to kuwait i have told headquarters of the 13 that ar
you see the big picture. we use it more in the future but you are on the cutting edge of doing that. also, you did not know if you were going to see your purchase paper you trained for this sander there, but fell whole thing what do we do with the women in our unit? >> talk about that. it is the theme going through the book. >> guest: i joined the marine corps during peacetime to the understanding i would never really go to combat from the recruiters you will take the oath that...
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you were basically seeing the big picture of what's going on. that's unusual. we use it more, we will use it more in the future, but you were on the cutting edge of doing that, and you didn't know, did you? you didn't know if you were going to get to see and produce pete -- you trade for this, you're there and moving a group that does this, but there's this whole thing about what do we do, we have women in the unit comes atop a little bit about that because it is a theme going through the book. >> guest: first all i joined the marine corps during peacetime and so there was certainly the understanding that i would never go to combat according to what i had heard from the recruiters and of the people that you are going to save the oats, but in all honesty your going to be in some support unit and when i said the notes i took that seriously, and i thought if i have to go to combat a said the oath and i'm going to do my duty and to that so come november, 22, my unit starts coming up with this idea we are going to go to iraq and my commanding officer i mentioned in
you were basically seeing the big picture of what's going on. that's unusual. we use it more, we will use it more in the future, but you were on the cutting edge of doing that, and you didn't know, did you? you didn't know if you were going to get to see and produce pete -- you trade for this, you're there and moving a group that does this, but there's this whole thing about what do we do, we have women in the unit comes atop a little bit about that because it is a theme going through the book....
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you are seeing the big picture of what is going on. that is unusual. you are on the cutting edge of doing that, and you were also -- you didn't know, did you? you didn't know whether you are actually going to get to participate. you had trained for this. you were there and loving a group that does this but there is this whole thing about oh my god we have women in our unit. talk a little bit about that because it is sort of a theme going through the book. >> guest: okay first of all, i joined the marine corps during peacetime and so there was sort of the understanding that i would never really go to combat according to what i've heard from the recruiters and other people. oh yeah in all honesty you are going going to be in some support unit. but i really took that seriously and i thought if i have to go to combat, i am going to do my duty and do that. so, calm, when was it? november 2002, my unit starts spinning up with this idea we are going to go to iraq. my commanding officer that i mentioned in the book, the story, he pulls the two female officers,
you are seeing the big picture of what is going on. that is unusual. you are on the cutting edge of doing that, and you were also -- you didn't know, did you? you didn't know whether you are actually going to get to participate. you had trained for this. you were there and loving a group that does this but there is this whole thing about oh my god we have women in our unit. talk a little bit about that because it is sort of a theme going through the book. >> guest: okay first of all, i...
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i spent about one third of 2008 and one-third of 2009 and a big chunk of 2009 and last year i was there for the july for the kabul conference and i was there in december about seven months pregnant working on maternal health stories. >> host: that wasn't a great way to engage with the women because of common experience. now your career as a political television producer for abc. how did you make the transition from that to writing this book? >> guest: very carefully. [laughter] i left abc, and i left abc. you've had a lot of my former boss is on and i know your colleagues at c-span since i was watching, and i left because i knew that there were so many stories i wanted to do that i wouldn't get to do the way the news places were going, and i really care that economic development stories and under told stories, and the stories of the women in war or just almost never told. if i save war story you think about the west which are all the incredible books but the lead out so many people. and these women are the ones who make sure there's a community to go back to when the war is over. >> hos
i spent about one third of 2008 and one-third of 2009 and a big chunk of 2009 and last year i was there for the july for the kabul conference and i was there in december about seven months pregnant working on maternal health stories. >> host: that wasn't a great way to engage with the women because of common experience. now your career as a political television producer for abc. how did you make the transition from that to writing this book? >> guest: very carefully. [laughter] i...
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that's one of the big dangers, the risks. i still think we have to do it because i think if you have been able to crush in gaza it would've been terrible. but that being said, we just don't know a lot about that society and out it's organized. >> thank you. >> to my -- can my friend jonathan asked -- he had his hand up. 's. >> please come to the mic because this is on c-span. come to the mic. [laughter] >> take orders. >> don't have trouble with authority. [laughter] >> thank you. frank, you alluded to charles tilly, and i understand, and agree with much of what you say about that but what you have an overture and i'm not offering another generation that you have to venture into is how did the phenomenon of for an interesting war in particular a fact the evolution of systems as you see it? or is that something -- >> in tri-state building but it doesn't seek to drive state-building after you get a state. it continues. look at the city. there's this big five sided building sitting next to the potomac river. where did that come
that's one of the big dangers, the risks. i still think we have to do it because i think if you have been able to crush in gaza it would've been terrible. but that being said, we just don't know a lot about that society and out it's organized. >> thank you. >> to my -- can my friend jonathan asked -- he had his hand up. 's. >> please come to the mic because this is on c-span. come to the mic. [laughter] >> take orders. >> don't have trouble with authority....
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the nation in the south is a big mission. it's going to be there for a while. if we can get darfur, that would be wonderful but that's going to take some time. i can't honestly put a timetable on when these nations within. but i think this issue of ordination is very much on the mind of the u.n. and our u.s. u.n. people. as they work through more i will get back with one of their ideas on. >> last i know you've already addressed in response to senator lugar some concerns about china and the role but i'd be interested whether you could elaborate on where you see the interests of the states and china overlapping with regard to south sudan and other examples of china playing a constructive role, what advice would you have for us if we're going to have a hearing on the role of china, in africa in next few months and i concerned about better understanding what constructive role they might be able to play or be asked to play in south sudan? >> well, i think, you know, china is going to be, is already a vigorous player in africa. they've got commercial as well as poli
the nation in the south is a big mission. it's going to be there for a while. if we can get darfur, that would be wonderful but that's going to take some time. i can't honestly put a timetable on when these nations within. but i think this issue of ordination is very much on the mind of the u.n. and our u.s. u.n. people. as they work through more i will get back with one of their ideas on. >> last i know you've already addressed in response to senator lugar some concerns about china and...
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it is also shining a light independent bookstores were greatly impacted by the rise of big bucks superstores so it would be interesting to see what they could do not just as borders retracts fifth and closes up shops as barnes & noble transitions into a digital format. >> what is the fiscal health of barnes & noble? >> that is in an interesting spot. record sales but because they spend so much money in terms of developing the know quote wind and the digital business they had to suspend the dividend for the last two quarters. wall street has not been entirely happy about this. there were also in the process of trying to sell themselves as of one year-ago in in early may, liberty media which is owned by john malone put in of bid at $17 a share and that is considered in the company is doing to diligence but it remains to be seen there are some favorable signs and also spoken highly of each other in the media, at this point*, perhaps not of up in the air but hardly a done deal. >> tell us about the publishers marketplace and if people want to follow you? >> i am a news editor for publishers mark
it is also shining a light independent bookstores were greatly impacted by the rise of big bucks superstores so it would be interesting to see what they could do not just as borders retracts fifth and closes up shops as barnes & noble transitions into a digital format. >> what is the fiscal health of barnes & noble? >> that is in an interesting spot. record sales but because they spend so much money in terms of developing the know quote wind and the digital business they had...
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so let's start soda with the big picture. here we are several years out of the financial crisis and you talk about some of the liquid fx. mr. bernanke talked about the risk this week, some of the problems that particularly persistent, seem to be continuing and may raise the risk that the slow down that we seem to be experiencing at the moment process. what anxiety level do you think is appropriate for the public and our policymakers right now as we look out to the risk that we see that seem to be percolating over the horizon on any number of different fronts? >> well, i think these are risks but they are subject to our control and influence. if we take some action and make some decisions. i think with the housing market we still have a low level from. these loans need to be restructured whether it makes economic sense for the distressed borrower can make an economically viable payment or if not, there needs to be relocation assistance or some other mechanism to clear the market. .. the industry, this is another promise aligne
so let's start soda with the big picture. here we are several years out of the financial crisis and you talk about some of the liquid fx. mr. bernanke talked about the risk this week, some of the problems that particularly persistent, seem to be continuing and may raise the risk that the slow down that we seem to be experiencing at the moment process. what anxiety level do you think is appropriate for the public and our policymakers right now as we look out to the risk that we see that seem to...
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they got a big sandwich of nothing. they won't be there in the same numbers at all. i have this theory that the night obama won the election in 2008 was the night he appeared with rick warren who put his arms around him and said i don't agree with everything he says but he is all right. if you look at the numbers in 2008 what changed was the republicans stayed home because they didn't think he was the antichrist. now they think he is the antichrist again so they will turn out and it is not clear that obama's base will turn out and will be a much tougher election which is why all the more crazy people like ralph nader and alexander cockburn are advocating for somebody to challenge him as an independent or with the democratic party. that is how incumbents lose. they lose because they are challenged from within. that is how jimmy carter was challenged by ted kennedy and lyndon johnson was challenged and beaten. the easiest way to lose an incumbent president the is to fight 2001. even if i disagree with obama and thought he was terrible i would be against challenging him
they got a big sandwich of nothing. they won't be there in the same numbers at all. i have this theory that the night obama won the election in 2008 was the night he appeared with rick warren who put his arms around him and said i don't agree with everything he says but he is all right. if you look at the numbers in 2008 what changed was the republicans stayed home because they didn't think he was the antichrist. now they think he is the antichrist again so they will turn out and it is not...
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one is that big national opera and countries do not go to yemen to look. there are only a think six production blocks that are productive in yemen out of 90 or so. and yemen is not blessed with the hydrocarbon resources that some of its neighbors are. more and more, it's a difficult environment to operate in. they easily extractable oil has already been extracted. so at the height yemen was producing me before and have thousand, or hundred 50,000 euros per day. that drop may be just under 200,000 is probably under 100,000, compared to nine half-million barrels a day in saudi arabia. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> i wanted to ask mr. boucek about some of the other points you made in your testimony, or the written version, the conclusions. you mentioned in the second paragraph of your section in conclusions, so i'm -- some really interesting topics that we can easily overlook. i'm quoting, judicial training programs can help promote fair practices and improve conviction rates. there's research that demonstrates that had used by police intelligence and domest
one is that big national opera and countries do not go to yemen to look. there are only a think six production blocks that are productive in yemen out of 90 or so. and yemen is not blessed with the hydrocarbon resources that some of its neighbors are. more and more, it's a difficult environment to operate in. they easily extractable oil has already been extracted. so at the height yemen was producing me before and have thousand, or hundred 50,000 euros per day. that drop may be just under...
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>> um, dodd-frank, in my view, really missed, whiffed the big one which is too big to fail, did nothing about cutting down these institutions to a manageable size, to a size that does not imperil the taxpayer. that is the key failing in dodd-frank. another failing, i think, is that it has left hundreds of rules to be made by regulators, and so, therefore, providing a second manipulation possibility for the industry. so they got their first chance when they were talking about the legislation, writing the legislation, they got their first chance to manipulate. now they can manipulate the regulators, two bites of the apple. >> is it any better than nothing? >> i think there are parts of it that are fine, that are good. but i think that a 3,000-page law, okay? glass-steagall was 32 pages. 3,000 pages is, you know, it's way overdone and not, um, not effective on the crucial issue of too big to fail. >> yeah. not to, not to take much longer on that, i think i agree with gretchen. you know, why couldn't you have just added one paragraph that, essentially, said any institution that has to rely
>> um, dodd-frank, in my view, really missed, whiffed the big one which is too big to fail, did nothing about cutting down these institutions to a manageable size, to a size that does not imperil the taxpayer. that is the key failing in dodd-frank. another failing, i think, is that it has left hundreds of rules to be made by regulators, and so, therefore, providing a second manipulation possibility for the industry. so they got their first chance when they were talking about the...
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there was a big part of his persona. he wrote poetry. he was always described in personal dealings with him as generally considered far from as screen. not a pleasant person. is not a pleasant person to be a round ball. much more rigid, much more didactic. mind you, we're talking about the characters, somebody who planned to 9/11. that didn't want to push that went too far. in portraying osama bin laden it was important to get him right in see him as his acolyte who is going to put his life on the line for this plot would see him as an inspirational figure. that only makes sense because you're not seeing him when you are the reader. you aren't seeing him through the americans what do you been seeing it to the point of view of someone who is actually experiencing and has been inspired by him. you want to understand how that could possibly be. >> one of the things your characters from the west german least seven common is that they are having to use different identities. he has to change its name. the characters are having to impose differ
there was a big part of his persona. he wrote poetry. he was always described in personal dealings with him as generally considered far from as screen. not a pleasant person. is not a pleasant person to be a round ball. much more rigid, much more didactic. mind you, we're talking about the characters, somebody who planned to 9/11. that didn't want to push that went too far. in portraying osama bin laden it was important to get him right in see him as his acolyte who is going to put his life on...
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serious crediblethat t big substantial thing to do with theges debt, you're in big trouble. li so i would submit to the biggest's one ve issue is not the debt limit.raised. the debt limit is the easiest s we issue. that's when away from being too raised. our biggest issue is the debt and the fact is as we speak we shoul there's no plan in place to begin to do anything about it. our credit is in danger because of this amount so we should be substan focused on like a laser. to available a substantial plan the look like? let's take it from the weights of these credit companies. it has destabilized that since i4 trillion mht began to show deficits come down.h. do. we know 1.5 chilliness not enough. we know for trillion might beence. enough. this is what we need to do. so how do you do th'sis?hat hav t o i do get their? it's not rocket science. it's a pretty simple mix of mone to things that have to happen. you have to stop spending three you k and you can't use any more money than you have. if you're in debt and you keeply goi firing, a lot of more money thanhing you h you take
serious crediblethat t big substantial thing to do with theges debt, you're in big trouble. li so i would submit to the biggest's one ve issue is not the debt limit.raised. the debt limit is the easiest s we issue. that's when away from being too raised. our biggest issue is the debt and the fact is as we speak we shoul there's no plan in place to begin to do anything about it. our credit is in danger because of this amount so we should be substan focused on like a laser. to available a...
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and, of course, we have a conversation about india and pakistan, the big piece of that we haven't talked about at all is china. you are of the view that some of the current almost hysteria about the rise of china and what it would mean for the long-term consequences to american power has been broadly over seed in the u.s. tell me why. >> guest: statistics. there are 1.3 billion people in china. 600 million of them live in households earning less than $3 a day. 440 million live in households earning between three and $6 a day. in other words, china over 80% of it lives in poverty that is sub-saharan. there's a china that has about 69 people. they have average income of $20,000 a year. which is the size of france. it's not a trivial number but it's less than 5% of china. that china cannot sell to china. they're trying to find ways to do. you can't sell pipettes to a person who earns $3 a day. they are the hostage of the way. a gun pointing at the head of china is the rising american savings rate. every dollar not spent at wal-mart is taken out of the chinese hide. the chinese are desperate
and, of course, we have a conversation about india and pakistan, the big piece of that we haven't talked about at all is china. you are of the view that some of the current almost hysteria about the rise of china and what it would mean for the long-term consequences to american power has been broadly over seed in the u.s. tell me why. >> guest: statistics. there are 1.3 billion people in china. 600 million of them live in households earning less than $3 a day. 440 million live in...
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there are big issues facing our country right now. i don't have to tell you. we need long-term solutions for our debt and our deficits. we need to invest in education and infrastructure and we need to get our country on track with sustainable energy solutions. just to name is few. we've got a lot of work to do and i know all of you have good ideas. democrats are the party of big ideas and new technology and we want your input. please feel free to give it to us. i know i'm going to have to really push you hard to offer your opinion on the issues that matter to you so, you know, just try to give us a little help. republicans want to take us backwards on the other hand. they think cutting taxes and deregulating everything solves all of our problems. it doesn't matter what the issue is, their solution is cut taxes and deregulate. now, that might make for a good sound bite but it's not good for real people. so we're going to hold them accountable with their wrong-headed ideas. we're going to hold them accountable from today until election day. we're going to reelec
there are big issues facing our country right now. i don't have to tell you. we need long-term solutions for our debt and our deficits. we need to invest in education and infrastructure and we need to get our country on track with sustainable energy solutions. just to name is few. we've got a lot of work to do and i know all of you have good ideas. democrats are the party of big ideas and new technology and we want your input. please feel free to give it to us. i know i'm going to have to...
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>> listen, i'm a big fan. i watch game of thrones. i love he's awesome. >> speaking of projects, you had said you don't have -- you don't have your next one lined up right now. obviously, you are going to enjoy this. and continue with the media push. how will you begin to decide. what will you be look for the for the next project? >> you know, i look through all of these ideas and they come in. 99% of them are really bad. you know, it's like every, you know, person that commits a crime now fits any of the e-mails. but, you know, i need that sort of young kid, really smart, who's not a bad person who's kind of in the gray area between right and wrong. this is the first heist that i've written. this is the first person that committed a crime. and then, you know, there has to be the elements, the betrayal and sex and all of those kind of things that janet doesn't like. then there has to be, you know, some level of fun for me. so it has to be in a place where i want to go. because you have to spend six months to a year doing it. for me, g
>> listen, i'm a big fan. i watch game of thrones. i love he's awesome. >> speaking of projects, you had said you don't have -- you don't have your next one lined up right now. obviously, you are going to enjoy this. and continue with the media push. how will you begin to decide. what will you be look for the for the next project? >> you know, i look through all of these ideas and they come in. 99% of them are really bad. you know, it's like every, you know, person that...
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if confirmed, the general will have big boots to fill and succeeding general petraeus commander of the 49 member international security assistance force coalition and u.s. forces afghanistan. like general petraeus, general allen brings an in-depth understanding of the complexities of the counterinsurgency effort based on his own experience as the commander in anbar province in iraq. working with the sunni awakening the marines and anbar succeeded in getting local sunni tribal leaders to reject the insurgency and instead support the iraqi government and its the deputy commander at u.s. central command general ellen has developed a regional perspective on issues affecting the region in afghanistan. he will be the first marine to serve as the top commander in afghanistan. the number one priority will be implementing president obama's decision last week to accelerate the transition of security responsibility to afghan forces and start bringing the u.s. surged forces home. as all land by the president, 10,000 u.s. troops will be withdrawn by the end of this year and the remaining 23,000 u.s
if confirmed, the general will have big boots to fill and succeeding general petraeus commander of the 49 member international security assistance force coalition and u.s. forces afghanistan. like general petraeus, general allen brings an in-depth understanding of the complexities of the counterinsurgency effort based on his own experience as the commander in anbar province in iraq. working with the sunni awakening the marines and anbar succeeded in getting local sunni tribal leaders to reject...
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how big is it? and are weapon withs coming through sudan, eritrea, and are any of those weapons coming from china? with regards to the pirates, dr. murphy points out in his testimony and others have pointed out in their testimony as well that there are, you know, there needs to be a land solution. and i think that's obvious, but if you briefly could touch on that. chairman royce? we'll do all the questions so that -- >> yeah. and i'll be very brief as well. deputy assistant secretary yamamoto, if i could ask you this question: when the last administration left office, there was an internal debate over whether eritrea should be designated a state sponsor of terrorism for its support for al-shabab. um, it didn't happen at the time, but just after she left government service, former assistant secretary frazier wrote a good piece in "the wall street journal", and the theme was eritrea should be listed as a state sponsor of terrorism. and i think, you know, we've got u.n. report after u.n. report citing
how big is it? and are weapon withs coming through sudan, eritrea, and are any of those weapons coming from china? with regards to the pirates, dr. murphy points out in his testimony and others have pointed out in their testimony as well that there are, you know, there needs to be a land solution. and i think that's obvious, but if you briefly could touch on that. chairman royce? we'll do all the questions so that -- >> yeah. and i'll be very brief as well. deputy assistant secretary...
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the floor here from the state of pennsylvania has come in and said defaulting on the debt is not that big a deal. it can be, quote in his words, easily managed. does the senator from arizona agree with that thinking? mr. mccain: as the senator may know, i came to the floor a couple of days ago and made that comment, and the senator from illinois and i are in agreement, point number one. you can prioritize -- i think the senator and every economist i know literally would agree. you can prioritize for awhile where you want what remaining money is left. but the message you send to the world, not just our markets but to the world, that the united states of america is going to default on its debts is a totally unacceptable scenario and beneath a great nation. we are in agreement, number one. mr. durbin: amen. mr. mccain: number two is that to insist, to insist that any agreement is based on the passage through the united states senate of a balanced budget amendment to the constitution of the united states, as i said before, is not fair to the american people because, because the terrible obstr
the floor here from the state of pennsylvania has come in and said defaulting on the debt is not that big a deal. it can be, quote in his words, easily managed. does the senator from arizona agree with that thinking? mr. mccain: as the senator may know, i came to the floor a couple of days ago and made that comment, and the senator from illinois and i are in agreement, point number one. you can prioritize -- i think the senator and every economist i know literally would agree. you can...
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that is a big policy and political decision. as you know, not one banking regulator in the history of the united states has ever had its funding to the political process. >> you agree congress should not be responsible for setting the budget for your agency? the neck of the congress should treat banking regulators alike cannot say the one that trusts watch out for consumers is going to be put through the political process and subject to lobbying. >> you did mention oversight in your statement in the distinguished element of maryland for whom i have great regard used the term illegal seven times. it's been used an additional five times since mr. cummings used it. in case you what kind needs is a form of oversight. these are illegal, why isn't eric holder sitting with unix anybody's done? why do we need your agency if they're already illegal? >> congressman, is the real question about whether there is an adequate investigation into -- >> would it be done with respect to attorney general holder and a 90 plus united states attorneys
that is a big policy and political decision. as you know, not one banking regulator in the history of the united states has ever had its funding to the political process. >> you agree congress should not be responsible for setting the budget for your agency? the neck of the congress should treat banking regulators alike cannot say the one that trusts watch out for consumers is going to be put through the political process and subject to lobbying. >> you did mention oversight in your...
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>> big. i mean, it's important. it's heavy how much regulation is, how will enforce the regulation is, how can you stand the regulation is throughout the country. those are enormously written to us as we go forward. and i should say it really needs of industry, consumer groups, looks exactly an issue that's been raised and there were some differences of opinions between the community banks and the nonregulated financial services about how much effect at regulation. >> i would just encourage you that the original intention was not for the states. >> i thank the gentleman. for faster warren as i predicted, additional members have returned. could you be kind enough to give us a to another 15 minutes? >> of course. >> it's still been a long day for you. but i'd like to do during this intervening period is an announcement that the ranking member and chair have agreed to a series of joint letters related to specifically and is germane to the area you will be involved in a week from now, related to the members of the milit
>> big. i mean, it's important. it's heavy how much regulation is, how will enforce the regulation is, how can you stand the regulation is throughout the country. those are enormously written to us as we go forward. and i should say it really needs of industry, consumer groups, looks exactly an issue that's been raised and there were some differences of opinions between the community banks and the nonregulated financial services about how much effect at regulation. >> i would just...
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saving now, they're lots of ways to cur the deficit, but saving taxpayer subsidies for big oil while anda medicare is not in my mind a solution. it makes no sense, mr. president to get a taxpayer-funded subsidb to the big five oil companies ol earning $12 billion in profits o month. they are going to earn aboutbils $144 billion in profits this year alone and say to families, you have to sacrifice even morea now, those on the other side ofs the aisle would tell the middle-class student whose family earns the medium family income of a little over 50,000yt dead now, you can't go to fede college. you can get a g pell grant fromn the federal government, but exxon mobil, a company that wils earn $42.6 billion in profits this year it needs government assistance. and they will continue to comean to this solar, look america int the eye and say that somehow is common phase deficit reduction. mr. president, there simply is no common sense explanation for balancing the budget on the backs of working families and ke that a multibillion dollarsp oin companies keep billions in tax payer dollars.bat
saving now, they're lots of ways to cur the deficit, but saving taxpayer subsidies for big oil while anda medicare is not in my mind a solution. it makes no sense, mr. president to get a taxpayer-funded subsidb to the big five oil companies ol earning $12 billion in profits o month. they are going to earn aboutbils $144 billion in profits this year alone and say to families, you have to sacrifice even morea now, those on the other side ofs the aisle would tell the middle-class student whose...
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this notion that we didn't deal with too big to fail. there are a couple of areas where i see the colleagues in climate change and health care don't want to take it on because it's still too popular. coming to the defense of derivative trading is not a particular cause. they are coming at it sideways. one is to try to use the deficit as an excuse for under funding the scc and cftc. they are being denied the funds that it needs that is a small percentage for wasting infrastructure in afghanistan. the notion that the cftc that the 80 or $90 billion more that we need can't be done because of the deficit that people spent in $147 billion so we can keep subsidizing american farmers is nonsense. similarly with the fcc they want to turn in. they will bring in more money to the system than it will be given to run it. that's one effect. in fact, what you have running here is a catch 22. first, deny the fcc and cftc adequate funding. they in turn are not able to deal with the rulemaking requirements that they have. then because we haven't been abl
this notion that we didn't deal with too big to fail. there are a couple of areas where i see the colleagues in climate change and health care don't want to take it on because it's still too popular. coming to the defense of derivative trading is not a particular cause. they are coming at it sideways. one is to try to use the deficit as an excuse for under funding the scc and cftc. they are being denied the funds that it needs that is a small percentage for wasting infrastructure in...
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this big american carrier. guess what? they don't fit on british and french attack aircraft. i was stunned to learn that because i thought, if nothing else, we have been practicing. you know, doing all these things. i'm going to switch gears and go to you, but out tell you, this idea came from, the u.s. navy invited me a couple of years ago to watch carrier operations. i was on board one of our atomic nuclear power carriers. that is somehow fit, how tell you. what they do on those carriers is just out of this world. i was having dinner. on one side of me -- this will be meaningful to the west point cadets, the executive officer pretty much runs his ship. on the other side was the commander of the fighter squadron. i asked -- probably 14 year or 12 year age difference between them. i asked the xl, i said, hey, what do you think about nato. by that time my wife had gone news to me at any dinner party. he gave me this whole picture about how we could never do without it. this is the anchor of western security. over dessert aston exactly the same question to the commander of the
this big american carrier. guess what? they don't fit on british and french attack aircraft. i was stunned to learn that because i thought, if nothing else, we have been practicing. you know, doing all these things. i'm going to switch gears and go to you, but out tell you, this idea came from, the u.s. navy invited me a couple of years ago to watch carrier operations. i was on board one of our atomic nuclear power carriers. that is somehow fit, how tell you. what they do on those carriers is...
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and -- i ought to see can't go through all of them, but i mean just some of them, big john, big bad john from boston. may be the strongest in the outfit. when he heard charles mcmahon 40 to 40 got killed him when he heard him in saigon, he had his chatter action, he took him under his wing. he was brokenhearted when he sent him out and he got killed. bobby, bobby beautiful. every time i look at the name unless he's my favorite character but then i see the next one. they call him bobby beautiful. back when saigon was common towns, a lot of the doctors and sisters, even some otherwise of american civilians working in the embassy would come in and there was a cro, which was like a pool and a little store at a liquor store. and anybody would end up within the embassy compound, and all these gals would always end up there. and robbie had this sixth sense. before word got around there's a hot babe in, bobby was beat out by the pool. it would be a for -- before six pack abs were fashionable but he had been. they called him bobby beautiful. the black market king, another guy, short little guy. f
and -- i ought to see can't go through all of them, but i mean just some of them, big john, big bad john from boston. may be the strongest in the outfit. when he heard charles mcmahon 40 to 40 got killed him when he heard him in saigon, he had his chatter action, he took him under his wing. he was brokenhearted when he sent him out and he got killed. bobby, bobby beautiful. every time i look at the name unless he's my favorite character but then i see the next one. they call him bobby...
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there were some big losses on fortunately, some big lessons learned. perhaps the biggest loss was the program. we encourage the consolidation of the military and civilian weather system. it turned out to be a logistical nightmare with the primary user met with nasa in the dod to agree on a system of grow phenomenally out of the budget just went haywire, and requirements for the system were not controlled in a way that is spending dramatically out of control and eventually the program had to be killed and separated, so there was a big loss. my own personal loss i was involved in this case transformation policy-making at the time and we were passionate about the x33 program single stage oregon and i learned a very important lesson, which is policy never trump's physics. so you can say whatever you want, but if you can't do it, if it will happen, and we wanted to will the single states to orbit in existence and we had a beautiful concept that looked like the future we did this didn't have the technology. and ultimately we didn't have the will either. i th
there were some big losses on fortunately, some big lessons learned. perhaps the biggest loss was the program. we encourage the consolidation of the military and civilian weather system. it turned out to be a logistical nightmare with the primary user met with nasa in the dod to agree on a system of grow phenomenally out of the budget just went haywire, and requirements for the system were not controlled in a way that is spending dramatically out of control and eventually the program had to be...
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he was a big star. he became the social leader of all the co-ops at the entrance and then he fell in love with a young intern, and we've all done something stupid out of love. what he did was he stole a 600-pound safe full of moon rocks from his professor's office, and as i said, spread them on the bed, had sex with his girlfriend and then try to sell them over the internet to a belgian gem dealer. >> his name was? >> axel. you couldn't have invented this guy. [laughter] this guy has never been out of antwerp is like. he collects rocks and treats them every monday night in issued center where all the guys in antwerp trade rocks. his hobby is popinjay which i had never heard of which is a sport where there's a wooden bird on a 100-foot pole and all these men stand around and shoot crossbows. this is a real sport. use this guy and he seized his hat on the internet, i've got moon rocks for sale, and he is this big believer in right and wrong sweetie immediately called the fbi. e-mail the fbi in tab and he
he was a big star. he became the social leader of all the co-ops at the entrance and then he fell in love with a young intern, and we've all done something stupid out of love. what he did was he stole a 600-pound safe full of moon rocks from his professor's office, and as i said, spread them on the bed, had sex with his girlfriend and then try to sell them over the internet to a belgian gem dealer. >> his name was? >> axel. you couldn't have invented this guy. [laughter] this guy...
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but we can take a big step in the right direction. that's really what our country men and women want us to do. i'm glad that i got to hear part of the senators speech. i'm glad i have a chance to commend him for this leadership on the vexing and important problem that we need to deal with. >> i thank the senator. i yield the floor. >> u.s. senate today voted to continue moving forward with a nonbinding measure saying those earning more than $1 million should contribute more to federal debt reduction. they passed the motion to limit the debate, 74-22. after the vote, senate democratic leader harry reid announced no more votes in the senate. arizona republican said the senate gave up a week long 4th of july recess to work on debt ceiling and isn't accomplishing anything. we begin with kay hutchinson who opposes any tax relief. >> senate hutchinson, i was wondering the view that we've been terribly over worked this week. i understand that we canceled our 4th of july recess in order to get back here and get to work and do the people's bus
but we can take a big step in the right direction. that's really what our country men and women want us to do. i'm glad that i got to hear part of the senators speech. i'm glad i have a chance to commend him for this leadership on the vexing and important problem that we need to deal with. >> i thank the senator. i yield the floor. >> u.s. senate today voted to continue moving forward with a nonbinding measure saying those earning more than $1 million should contribute more to...
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apple wuss big, then it -- was big, then it went away for a while, then it was back again. so it should be obvious that the 1980s is back, and for various reasons i argue in the book, it is back. and i don't think it's just because of the nostalgia factor although that's certainly a factor. also there's some coincidences. i had mentioned on my radio show a couple days ago that the weird coincidence, although you may see it not just as a coincidence, that 25 years ago almost to the exact week and, certainly, to the exact month the united states military was bombing libya, and the world was wrapped with the detention about a nuclear meltdown at chernobyl. those two things happened almost exactly 25 years ago to the month. so as much of this is pop culture, some of it is very, very real. and what i argue in the book is that the popular culture of the 1980s, the iconography of the 1980s in many ways has inspired the way we hook at real world -- look at real world events and how real world, i guess you would call them actors, behave today. so here are just, again, some examples,
apple wuss big, then it -- was big, then it went away for a while, then it was back again. so it should be obvious that the 1980s is back, and for various reasons i argue in the book, it is back. and i don't think it's just because of the nostalgia factor although that's certainly a factor. also there's some coincidences. i had mentioned on my radio show a couple days ago that the weird coincidence, although you may see it not just as a coincidence, that 25 years ago almost to the exact week...
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itself.he i keep hearing some members talk about the august 2 deadline as is if it is no big deal. they say they have their owneal theories about when the real deadline is. that just leaves me dumbfounded. i for one i'm going to take the treasury secretary and virtually every economist at their word.ot we need a solution before august august 2 or we risk economicstr. catastrophe. who there are some members who are essentially saying that the treasury can pirate sites payments to avoid default byt b getting social security checks out shouldn't be a problem. i we pro. heard their republican member onon public radio this pt weekend say that a pirate for social security checks taxes in the trust fund. well, yes, we have $2.6 trilliot in assets in the trust fund, but they are all in treasuries securities, not cash. i find it just stunning that a a member of congress let alone a i member of the budget committee understand the most basic functioning of our government. lit now, if there is no debt limit increase, treasury may be able to juggle payments to get social security checks out on
itself.he i keep hearing some members talk about the august 2 deadline as is if it is no big deal. they say they have their owneal theories about when the real deadline is. that just leaves me dumbfounded. i for one i'm going to take the treasury secretary and virtually every economist at their word.ot we need a solution before august august 2 or we risk economicstr. catastrophe. who there are some members who are essentially saying that the treasury can pirate sites payments to avoid default...
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that was a big part of bin laden's persona. he wrote poetry. and he is, he was always described in personal dealings with him as, you know, rather gentle and con said rate -- considerate, far from a screamer. zawahiri, i gather, is not a pleasant person to be around at all. much more rigid, much more didactic, mind you, we're talking about opposing characters who planned 9/11, so i don't want to push that one too far. but i think in portraying bin laden it was important to get him right and see him as his act colite who was going to put his life on the line for this plot would see him, as an inspirational figure. that only makes sense. because you're not seeing him when you're the reader. you're not seeing him through the americans' point of view, you're seeing him from the point of view from someone who's actually been inspired by him, and you want to understand how that could possibly be. >> and one of the things your characters from the west or the middle east have in common is that they're having to use different identities. brooke chandler
that was a big part of bin laden's persona. he wrote poetry. and he is, he was always described in personal dealings with him as, you know, rather gentle and con said rate -- considerate, far from a screamer. zawahiri, i gather, is not a pleasant person to be around at all. much more rigid, much more didactic, mind you, we're talking about opposing characters who planned 9/11, so i don't want to push that one too far. but i think in portraying bin laden it was important to get him right and see...
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in between the big u.k. events, huge global event happened in the early hours of the first of may, osama bin laden, probably the best most wanted man was shot dead by americans peschel forces. osama bin laden had been living in a house in pakistan just an hour away from islamabad. helicopters raided the compound and landed a group of u.s. navy seals in a burst of gunfire, the al qaeda leader was killed, his body was. i see. americans celebrated his death in the world wondered about retaliation. i minister david cameron addressed the comment. >> we should remember in particular the brave servicemen and women from britain was given their lives in the fight against terrorism across the world. we should pay tribute especially to the british forces who played their part over the last decade in the hunt for bin laden. he was the man who is responsible for 9/11, which was not only an horrific killing of americans, but remains to this day the largest loss of british life in any terrorist attack. as that of the famil
in between the big u.k. events, huge global event happened in the early hours of the first of may, osama bin laden, probably the best most wanted man was shot dead by americans peschel forces. osama bin laden had been living in a house in pakistan just an hour away from islamabad. helicopters raided the compound and landed a group of u.s. navy seals in a burst of gunfire, the al qaeda leader was killed, his body was. i see. americans celebrated his death in the world wondered about retaliation....
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so there was a big fight. saul bellow had made one of my favorite memories and the festival were the opening ceremony was the public library, and because norman mailer had in many people's views invited secretary of state george shultz to deliver the opening address, not long after he made a statement supporting the apartheid regime in africa which meant the south african writers boycotted the event. because he was there there was a in almost presidential level of security around the public library, and we all had to bring various forms of id and he forgot to bring his ied. and this was actually quite soon after he won the nobel prize so there was an extraordinary fight and i saw him on the chair like this outside the entrance not being allowed in on till norman mailer camera panned vouched for him. you can just imagine how much he had enjoyed being vouched for. the nobel laureate was. so it was a very contentious time, but one of the reasons it was contentious is all of us believed the public role of the writ
so there was a big fight. saul bellow had made one of my favorite memories and the festival were the opening ceremony was the public library, and because norman mailer had in many people's views invited secretary of state george shultz to deliver the opening address, not long after he made a statement supporting the apartheid regime in africa which meant the south african writers boycotted the event. because he was there there was a in almost presidential level of security around the public...